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Logistical Challenges Facing Sudan Elections

[Juba, Southern Sudan  26ºC] The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed by the Khartoum regime in the north and rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), based in the south of Sudan, is approaching a decisive and possibly its most difficult-to-implement phase so far: the April 2010 elections. The National Election Commission (NEC) and United Nations (UN) [...]

Sudanese-Canadian, Abousfian Abdelrazik’s Story Reads Like Spy Novel

[Montréal, Québec, Canada 13°C]  Everyone has an intriguing life story to tell. We have all experienced significant moments that alter the course of our lives. For the better or the worse. But some stories are more compelling than others by the sheer intensity of the intrigue. Every so often, I come across an individual with [...]

Khartoum Government Undermining South Sudan Self-Determination Referendum

[Montréal, Québec, Canada 22°C] There is a growing body of evidence that democracy in Sudan is being seriously stifled prior to the country’s April 2010 general elections, the first since 1986. An interesting 13-page report by Eric Reeves detailed, Khartoum’s Strategic Assault on Southern Self-Determination Referendum. Southern Sudan’s right to a self-determination referendum, scheduled for [...]

Burning Question #1 …Answered (re: Southern Sudan Refugee, IDP)

[Montréal, Québec, Canada 23°C] Asked on June 22, 2009 by Anonymous from Montréal, Québec, Canada. Donation: $100 [Thanks!] _____ QUESTION: I read in one of your blog entries that Sudan’s civil war between the Sudanese government and the southern Sudan People’s Liberation Army created 4 million refugees and one million Internally Displaced People. What is [...]

Permanent Court of Arbitration Makes Ruling on Abyei Border

[Montréal, Québec, Canada  20°C] At 8:00 am GMT, the five-member Abyei Arbitration Tribunal of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague began ceremonies to render its final decision regarding the delimitation of the Abyei boundaries, which have been a source of tension and conflict between Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party and the Government of [...]